Richland beacon., 1887-12-31

ter | have sent to liim with tho very same
words: The place ard the people here
are absolutely delightful If thnt does
not suit him il docs not at least give him
a chance to grin at me with his nasty,
81 told you So"
But it is lie all the same, and my
conscience pricks me 50 much when /
write it that one rainy day | counted up
the letters | should have to write him
before | go home and set the words
down on that number of sheets, 50 that
il does not have to h. put down any
more than the name ui the hotel print
ed on the lapcr.
The tr!th i | hat TIa~r"'ct. | hat
the hous" ami the people and tine things
We have to eat and the two stains on the
ceiling # my room and til" nolscth cur
tain mai ~ when ii goes up and the
wreck down on Ill" shore and Miss Slmp-
sons twtt"r and the tTiu Clark girls
rink GOWNS ami most Of all hatc-y">,
with all malice and uncharitph!cncss |
hate Mrs. Malu"n.
! don't oh;c,., f. some Of the h"arlcrS
ut Flag ",t if only they w"rc i'll their
own homes and should never have to-
see them, but Mrs Mal"on should de-
test If she were in the moon, and II |
live to get away from til" place without
telling her SO il will he nothing short Of
II miracle and proof that there Is not II
woman in The world with Il more even
.c,n.cr ;hin | lave. hno~ shall
have t. L.. her know il in some way. and
sl,huurh am too pDlit" to show /. il
l,., HOW
a,aiu if thou.,ht ,hr did not strongly
suspect how feel.
FlaS,olct was Recommended to me rs
Il nice. quiet boariin@-h"uS" which
would only hold IL sore Of people, and
where one met only nice people; and
the first woman SPOKE to turned out t."
he the wife Of Il green grocer. That
wuull he nuts for Cyrus Tom'..lns II he
ONLY knew it, but he never will, thank
heaven, They sav woman never cal
keep "a secret, bat I've time and tmhf
arain proved to Cyrus that that Wa
nonsense by telling him things he had
never tor an instant suspected, Id kept
them so quiet.
Mrs. Mutt isn't bad looking woman.
She has little east to her eyes and her
complexion is little sallow, | must
own: but she has really elegant dia-
monds, and her dresses fit like Il duck :
foa. in the mud. thought at least that
her husband must he doctor or q law
yer. | uuite took to her, and We sat on
the piazza whole hour the very first
lav WAS here and sho never SAID II
10 ,,,tt
She never even alluded to her husband S
business: and might have bought cab
hages of her husband any day, if would
huy anything that smells the house up
- when they are cooking. L cannot
conceive how anybody can be SO deceit
ful. If Mrs. Maker hadn't told me that
very evening, goo lncss only knows
when [ might have found out the dis
graceful truth. For my part, L do not
see why the wife of Il grecng grocer wants
To- 90 t. the scashoyc in summer for any
way. She must know she'll be mistaken
for her bettcrs; and very likely that's
what she goes for,
| was cool cnough next day, of course,
but couldn't be downright rude To her
staying right there in the same house
and besides she had offered to teach INT
new crochet stitch, and | did want tC
learn that before I gave her up entirely
Eut it did go against my grain to h,
civil to her after the way she had de
ccivcd me. For my part l must say
like honesty.
She came to me after breakfast ant
acted as ii she had always known me
hut | was on nv guard. That sort o
people always presume on any Liberties
Won allow them let drop in my con
yersation that my husband was the pro
prictor of one of the best livery estab
lishmeuts in Boston, and could see tina
she felt the difference in our social po
sition ut once: and she has kept he
place pretty well since, though she doe
twinkle her diamond earrings in wa.
that is perfectly maldening. will no
1--we another winter without diamonds
AMI am woman of my word. / salt
to Mrs. Maker. when Mrs. Mutt couldn'
help ovcrhcaring me. tn It | didn't brini
any of my best jewclry with me bccaus
[ didn't think the seashorc was the plac
for display. | flatter myself she fe'
that. But it is positively indecent fo
me to go on wearing trumpery oi
,nmeos and amcthysts when every VIC
man of our set doesn't even 60 dow
town in horse car without real dia
mrnis in her ears. This summer / mad
them think | have them at home; bl1
. next summer Ill have them and wea
them, or my name isn't Abigail Tomp
kins.
Mrs. Maker isn't much better tia
Mrs. Mutt, though she gives herscI
great airs because she has n purple casl
mere a-gown trimmed with white lac
and iridcsccnt bead passementeric.
really believe that woman prays fc
foagy weather SO that she can sit roun
y al day in that purple tea gown; and IL
n way she wastes her time pulling out I'll
is lace and smoothing it down is really sil
q ful. Pve made three complete tides fl
/ the church fair next winter just viii
8 she's been dawdling in that tca--gCN
% doing absolutely nothing. # [ W;
$. taken up with my clothes, Id at lea
e try not to make it SO evident to ever
=. body. Ii she had a better figure, she
=, wear something else anyway, and as f
% her pretending that dress came fr'
}. London. l don't believe n word of
IS AThank Heaven, l haven't got to Il
n Nllace vet where | have to deceive peoT
h Ebout my clothes.
,, As for the young ladies of the hous
Il as they call themselves, Ii there Is %